Newcastle United captain Bruno Guimaraes is anticipated to be out for a few months after sustaining a hamstring harm.
The Brazilian hobbled off within the closing phases of Tuesday night’s 2-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur in simply his second look since recovering from a separate ankle subject.
Head coach Eddie Howe stated on the time Guimaraes was “a bit of bit apprehensive as a result of he has by no means had an issue together with his hamstrings earlier than”.
Guimaraes is now set for an prolonged spell on the sidelines in an enormous blow for Newcastle.
Newcastle have, clearly, misplaced video games Guimaraes has performed in earlier than, together with a 3-2 loss in opposition to Brentford final week.
Nevertheless, Howe’s aspect have didn’t win any of the ten Premier League matches during which the influential Guimaraes didn’t characteristic since his debut in February 2022.
Newcastle, in contrast, have a 53.1 win proportion with Guimaraes within the aspect within the high flight.
They’ve additionally picked up considerably extra factors per recreation (1.8), scored extra targets per match (1.9) and conceded fewer targets on common (1.2).
However Newcastle are going to must discover a technique to win with out their talisman as they embark on a crunch run of video games, beginning with Saturday’s FA Cup fourth-round tie in opposition to Aston Villa.
Sandro Tonali, Joe Willock and Jacob Ramsey are Newcastle‘s solely three senior central midfielders out there for the journey to Villa Park.
However Newcastle anticipate Joelinton to return from a groin harm imminently whereas the membership hope Lewis Miley is not going to be sidelined for too lengthy with a lifeless leg.
